Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 86 50
Rank change year-on-year -34 -36 -10
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,159 1,852 2,460
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 3.30% 4.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 3.68% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 787 1,036 1,871
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £121,750 £112,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,634
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.89% +4.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,042 50,361 46,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.17% 89.77% 92.13%
Number of salaries quoted 28,825 25,280 35,250
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.76% -3.67%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 25 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -24 1,076 £77,500 +10.71% 1,551
London +7 602 £85,000 - 357
UK excluding London -81 501 £70,000 +7.69% 1,344
Work from Home -23 487 £75,000 +11.11% 953
North of England -20 220 £70,000 +14.37% 306
North West -11 119 £70,000 +11.11% 156
South East -95 101 £75,000 +7.14% 374
Yorkshire -22 86 £75,000 +22.54% 123
Midlands -14 64 £75,000 +15.38% 229
South West -57 52 £63,750 +2.00% 152
West Midlands +9 37 £71,250 +15.19% 113
Scotland -59 32 £66,000 -4.00% 61
East of England -14 26 £80,000 +39.13% 188
East Midlands -31 25 £77,500 +19.23% 100
North East -3 15 £61,350 +16.86% 27
Wales -6 5 £55,200 +10.40% 43
Northern Ireland -13 3 - - 15
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.67%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (2.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 24 (2.07%) Apache
3 24 (2.07%) Apache Spark
3 24 (2.07%) Confluence
4 13 (1.12%) OpenStack
5 11 (0.95%) JBoss
6 10 (0.86%) Appian
7 9 (0.78%) CMS
8 8 (0.69%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.60%) nginx
10 6 (0.52%) IIS
11 5 (0.43%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.17%) Liferay
13 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.086%) Camunda
14 1 (0.086%) Ethereum
14 1 (0.086%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.086%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 22 (1.90%) Maya
2 14 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.35%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 17 (1.47%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.78%) Endur
2 9 (0.78%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.26%) Shopify
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.086%) Actimize
8 1 (0.086%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.086%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.086%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.086%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.086%) Quorum
8 1 (0.086%) R3 Corda
8 1 (0.086%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 613 (52.89%) AWS
2 552 (47.63%) Azure
3 196 (16.91%) Serverless
4 189 (16.31%) GCP
5 159 (13.72%) SaaS
6 127 (10.96%) GitHub
7 120 (10.35%) Azure DevOps
8 80 (6.90%) Amazon EKS
8 80 (6.90%) Amazon S3
9 75 (6.47%) AWS Lambda
10 67 (5.78%) Amazon ECS
11 61 (5.26%) PaaS
12 58 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
13 53 (4.57%) Amazon SQS
14 48 (4.14%) AWS CloudFormation
15 41 (3.54%) IaaS
16 38 (3.28%) Power Platform
17 36 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
18 33 (2.85%) Azure Service Bus
18 33 (2.85%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.95%) HTTP
2 9 (0.78%) AMQP
3 7 (0.60%) Network Security
4 4 (0.35%) Internet
4 4 (0.35%) WAN
5 3 (0.26%) Broadband
5 3 (0.26%) Multicast
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) LAN
6 2 (0.17%) SNMP
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
7 1 (0.086%) Firewall
7 1 (0.086%) MQTT
7 1 (0.086%) TCAP
7 1 (0.086%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (14.50%) NoSQL
2 163 (14.06%) PostgreSQL
3 143 (12.34%) MongoDB
4 133 (11.48%) SQL Server
5 65 (5.61%) Relational Database
6 61 (5.26%) DynamoDB
7 53 (4.57%) MySQL
8 44 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
9 39 (3.36%) Elasticsearch
10 27 (2.33%) Redis
11 23 (1.98%) Big Data
11 23 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
11 23 (1.98%) Power BI
12 22 (1.90%) RDBMS
13 17 (1.47%) Tableau
14 16 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
15 15 (1.29%) DB2
16 12 (1.04%) BigQuery
17 10 (0.86%) Data Lake
18 9 (0.78%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 160 (13.81%) Git
2 126 (10.87%) Jenkins
3 59 (5.09%) JIRA
4 48 (4.14%) GitLab
5 44 (3.80%) JUnit
6 43 (3.71%) Selenium
7 35 (3.02%) Cucumber
8 28 (2.42%) JMeter
8 28 (2.42%) TeamCity
9 26 (2.24%) Mockito
10 21 (1.81%) Bitbucket
10 21 (1.81%) Cypress.io
11 17 (1.47%) Oracle Forms
12 13 (1.12%) CircleCI
13 12 (1.04%) Maven
14 9 (0.78%) LoadRunner
14 9 (0.78%) Postman
15 8 (0.69%) git-flow
16 7 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.60%) Snyk
General
1 346 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 338 (29.16%) Finance
3 113 (9.75%) Banking
4 108 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
5 100 (8.63%) Law
6 68 (5.87%) Public Sector
7 59 (5.09%) Retail
8 48 (4.14%) Games
9 46 (3.97%) Financial Institution
10 33 (2.85%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.67%) French Language
12 30 (2.59%) Dutch Language
12 30 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 28 (2.42%) Billing
14 26 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (2.24%) Marketing
15 25 (2.16%) Back Office
16 24 (2.07%) Legal
17 21 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 401 (34.60%) Developer
2 263 (22.69%) Senior
3 236 (20.36%) Architect
4 193 (16.65%) Software Engineer
5 177 (15.27%) Lead
6 116 (10.01%) Solutions Architect
7 102 (8.80%) Java Developer
8 99 (8.54%) .NET Developer
9 88 (7.59%) Full-Stack Developer
9 88 (7.59%) Senior Developer
10 63 (5.44%) Senior Software Engineer
11 57 (4.92%) Lead Developer
12 56 (4.83%) Java Engineer
13 50 (4.31%) Software Developer
14 44 (3.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 41 (3.54%) Cloud Engineer
15 41 (3.54%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 38 (3.28%) Lead Architect
17 35 (3.02%) Java Software Engineer
18 33 (2.85%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 302 (26.06%) .NET
2 278 (23.99%) React
3 248 (21.40%) RESTful
4 198 (17.08%) Spring
5 195 (16.82%) REST
6 182 (15.70%) Kafka
7 172 (14.84%) Spring Boot
8 143 (12.34%) AngularJS
9 140 (12.08%) Node.js
10 118 (10.18%) .NET Core
11 99 (8.54%) HTML
12 74 (6.38%) .NET Framework
13 70 (6.04%) ASP.NET
14 69 (5.95%) CSS
15 62 (5.35%) ASP.NET Web API
16 60 (5.18%) RabbitMQ
17 56 (4.83%) Middleware
18 54 (4.66%) Entity Framework
19 52 (4.49%) Hibernate
20 51 (4.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 306 (26.40%) Cloud Native
2 175 (15.10%) Distributed Systems
3 125 (10.79%) Enterprise Software
4 101 (8.71%) Product Ownership
5 51 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
6 48 (4.14%) Greenfield Project
7 33 (2.85%) Data Structures
8 31 (2.67%) Virtual Team
9 30 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (2.42%) Algorithms
11 25 (2.16%) Distributed Architecture
12 24 (2.07%) Blockchain
13 23 (1.98%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.98%) Onboarding
14 17 (1.47%) Low-Code
14 17 (1.47%) Mobile App
15 16 (1.38%) Public Cloud
16 15 (1.29%) IoT
16 15 (1.29%) Management Information System
17 12 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 56 (4.83%) Linux
2 26 (2.24%) Windows
3 21 (1.81%) Android
4 11 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.26%) CentOS
5 3 (0.26%) Debian
5 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) Unix
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.086%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 599 (51.68%) Agile
2 536 (46.25%) CI/CD
3 494 (42.62%) DevOps
4 365 (31.49%) Software Engineering
5 272 (23.47%) Full-Stack Development
6 269 (23.21%) Containerisation
7 251 (21.66%) AI
8 235 (20.28%) Mentoring
9 230 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
10 203 (17.52%) Event-Driven
11 193 (16.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 179 (15.44%) Computer Science
13 159 (13.72%) TDD
14 156 (13.46%) Scrum
15 155 (13.37%) Roadmaps
15 155 (13.37%) Test Automation
16 143 (12.34%) Technical Leadership
17 136 (11.73%) Clean Code
18 130 (11.22%) SDLC
19 123 (10.61%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 389 (33.56%) Java
2 292 (25.19%) C#
3 289 (24.94%) Python
4 277 (23.90%) SQL
5 258 (22.26%) JavaScript
6 204 (17.60%) TypeScript
7 61 (5.26%) Go
8 37 (3.19%) Shell Script
9 28 (2.42%) PL/SQL
10 24 (2.07%) C++
11 22 (1.90%) PHP
12 20 (1.73%) C
13 18 (1.55%) Bash
14 16 (1.38%) PowerShell
14 16 (1.38%) Ruby
15 14 (1.21%) Kotlin
16 13 (1.12%) Rust
17 7 (0.60%) Scala
18 6 (0.52%) Bicep
18 6 (0.52%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 207 (17.86%) Degree
2 132 (11.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 93 (8.02%) Security Cleared
4 69 (5.95%) SC Cleared
5 67 (5.78%) AWS Certification
6 58 (5.00%) Master's Degree
7 45 (3.88%) TOGAF Certification
8 40 (3.45%) Azure Certification
9 36 (3.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 28 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.29%) AWS Certified Developer
12 14 (1.21%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.78%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.78%) PMP
14 6 (0.52%) CISM
14 6 (0.52%) CISSP
14 6 (0.52%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 3 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (7.68%) QA
2 22 (1.90%) Accessibility
2 22 (1.90%) GDPR
3 17 (1.47%) PCI DSS
4 11 (0.95%) IFRS
4 11 (0.95%) SLA
5 9 (0.78%) IFRS 17
5 9 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (0.78%) Solvency II
6 8 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.69%) EMIR
6 8 (0.69%) NIST
7 5 (0.43%) NCSC
7 5 (0.43%) WCAG
8 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.26%) SEPA
9 2 (0.17%) PSD2
9 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 356 (30.72%) Docker
2 15 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.17%) vSphere
5 1 (0.086%) HDFS
5 1 (0.086%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 345 (29.77%) Kubernetes
2 174 (15.01%) Terraform
3 46 (3.97%) Grafana
4 43 (3.71%) Ansible
5 28 (2.42%) Kibana
6 18 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.38%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.12%) Argo
9 5 (0.43%) Puppet
10 4 (0.35%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.35%) Kubeflow
10 4 (0.35%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.26%) Istio
12 2 (0.17%) Rancher
13 1 (0.086%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.086%) Nagios
Vendors
1 185 (15.96%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.61%) Oracle
3 30 (2.59%) Guidewire
4 26 (2.24%) Google
5 23 (1.98%) Salesforce
5 23 (1.98%) SAP
6 22 (1.90%) Splunk
7 21 (1.81%) Dynatrace
8 19 (1.64%) OpenAI
9 18 (1.55%) BiZZdesign
10 14 (1.21%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
12 12 (1.04%) Atlassian
12 12 (1.04%) Duck Creek
13 11 (0.95%) IBM
13 11 (0.95%) Software AG
14 10 (0.86%) Fortinet
14 10 (0.86%) Palo Alto
15 9 (0.78%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.69%) OpenLink